Glenn Gould on television: the complete CBC broadcasts 1954-1977 - Gould, Glenn 1932-1982 (Sony Classical, 2011)
By the time he reached his mid-20s, Glenn Gould had changed the way the world listened to the keyboard works of Johann Sebastian Bach. By the time of his fatal stroke in 1982, two days after he turned 50, this daring and visionary artist had successfully challenged many of the most cherished conventions of classical music.Now, for the first time, the dozens of film and television programs Gould made with the Canadian Broad casting Corporation from 1954 to 1977 are collected in their entirety in Glenn Gould on Television The Complete CBC Broadcasts. More than 19 hours of TV specials, concert performances, interviews and discussions collected on 10 DVDs make it possible to discover what Gould always considered some of his most significant and original life?s work, most of which has not been seen since it was first telecast.Includes: The Subject is Beethoven, Music in the USSR, Glenn Gould on Bach, Richard Strauss - A Personal View, The Anatomy of a Fugue, Anthology of Variation, Duo: Gould and Menuhin, all four Conversations with Glenn Gould films, The Idea of North, the four Music in Our Time programs, and more.10 DVD setTotal Running Time: 19 h 12 mPicture Format: 4:3 . NTSC . Color/BWSound Format: Mono . LPCM Spoken Language: EnglishDVD 1 1954 1974Early TV performances andprogram excerpts (1954 1974)The Subject is BeethovenDVD 2 1962Music in the U.S.S.R.Glenn Gould on BachDVD 3 1962 & 1963Richard Strauss A Personal ViewThe Anatomy of the FugueDVD 4 1964 & 1966Anthology of VariationDuo Glenn Gould & Yehudi MenuhinDVD 5 1966Conversations with Glenn GouldHumphrey Burton InterviewsBach & BeethovenDVD 6 1966Conversations with Glenn GouldHumphrey Burton InterviewsSchoenberg & R. StraussDVD 7 1967Music for a Sunday AfternoonMozart & BeethovenThe Canada Centennial ConcertDVD 8 1970The Idea of Northa film by Judith PearlmanThe Beethoven Bicentennial ConcertDVD 9 1974 & 1975Musicamera Music In Our TimeThe Age of Ecstasy: 1900 1910The Flight from Order: 1910 1920DVD 10 1975 & 1977Musicamera Music In Our TimeNew Faces, Old Forms: 1920 1930The Artist as Artisan: 1930 1940